Viral Diseases and Their Etiologic Agents

Alphabetical Index of Viral and Infectious disease:

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | XYZ

* indicates there are more than one etiologic agents exist for a disease.

Viral Families are linked where appropriate to individual pages within the Big Picturebook of Viruses. Infectious Diseases that are not viral in etiology are identified as being of non-viral origen.

A

• Acanthamoeba - (Parasitical - not viral)
• Actinobacillus - Actinomycetemcomitans (Bacterial - not viral)
• Acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis * - Coxsackie A-24 virus (Picornavirus: Enterovirus), Enterovirus 70 (Picornavirus: Enterovirus)
• Acute hemorrhagic cystitis * - Adenovirus 11 and 21 (Adenovirus)
• AIDS - Acquired Immune Difficiency Syndrome - human immunodeficiency virus (Retrovirus)
• Anisakidosis - Anisakis simplex (Bacterial - not viral)
• Anthrax - Bacillus anthracis (Bacterial - not viral)
• Aspergilloma / Aspergillosis - Aspergillus (Fungal - not viral)

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B

• "Black death" (plague) - Yersinia pestis (Bacterial - not viral)
• Bornholm disease (pleurodynia) - Coxsackie B (Picornavirus: Enterovirus)
• Botulism - Clostridium botulinum (Bacterial - not viral)
• Borna Diease - Borna Diease Virus (Unassigned Virus)
• Brazilian purpuric fever - Haemophilus aegyptius (Bacterial - not viral)
• Bronchiolitis * - Respiratory syncytial virus (Paramyxovirus), Parainfluenza virus (Paramyxovirus)
• Brucellosis - Brucella (Bacterial - not viral)

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C

• California encephalitis - California encephalitis virus (Bunyavirus)
• Cat Scratch Fever - Bartonella henselae (Bacterial - not viral)
• Cervical cancer - human papilloma virus (Papovavirus)
• Chancroid - Haemophilus ducreyi (Bacterial - not viral)
• Chicken pox - varicella zoster virus (Herpesvirus)
• Chlamydia - Chlamydiae trachomatis (Bacterial - not viral)
• Cholera - Vibrio cholerae (Bacterial - not viral)
• Colorado tick fever - Colorado tick fever virus (Reovirus)
• Conjunctivitis * - Haemophilus aegyptius (Bacterial - not viral), Chlamydiae trachomatis (Bacterial - not viral)
• Cowpox - vaccinia virus (Poxvirus)
• Croup, infectious - parainfluenza viruses 1-3 (Paramyxovirus)
• Cryptosporidiosis - Cryptosporidia microsporidia (Bacterial - not viral)

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D

• Dengue - dengue virus (Flavivirus)
• "Devil's grip"(pleurodynia) - Coxsackie B (Picornavirus: Enterovirus)
• Diphtheria - Corynebacterium diphtheriae (Bacterial - not viral)

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E

• Eastern equine encephalitis - EEE virus (Togavirus)
• Ebola hemorrhagic fever - Ebola virus (Filovirus)
• Ehrlichiosis - Ehrlichia (Bacterial - not viral)
• Epiglottitis * - Haemophilus influenzae (Bacterial - not viral)
• Erythema infectiosum - Parvovirus B19 (Parvovirus)

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F

• "Fifth" disease (erythema infectiosum) - Parvovirus B19 (Parvovirus)

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G

• Gas gangrene - Clostridium perfringens (Bacterial - not viral)
• Gastroenteritis - Norwalk virus (Calicivirus), rotavirus (Reovirus)
• Gingivostomatitis - HSV-1 (Herpesvirus)
• Giardia - Giardia lamblia (Bacterial - not viral)
• Gonorrhea - Neisseria gonorrhoeae (Bacterial - not viral)

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H

• Hand-foot-mouth disease - Coxsackie A-16 virus (Picornavirus: Enterovirus)
• Hantavirus hemorrhagic fever / Hantaan-Korean hemorrhagic fever - Hantavirus (Bunyavirus)
• Hepatitis A - hepatitis A virus (Picornavirus: Enterovirus)
• Hepatitis B - hepatitis B virus (Hepadnavirus)
• Hepatitis C - hepatitis C virus (Flavivirus)
• Hepatitis D - hepatitis D virus (Deltavirus)
• Hepatitis E - hepatitis E virus (Calicivirus)
• Herpangina * - Coxsackie A (Picornavirus: Enterovirus), Enterovirus 7 (Picornavirus: Enterovirus)
• Herpes, genital - HSV-2 (Herpesvirus)
• Herpes labialis - HSV-1 (Herpesvirus)
• Herpes, neonatal - HSV-2 (Herpesvirus)
• Histoplasma - Histoplasma capsulatum (Fungal - not viral)
• HIV - human immunodeficiency virus (Retrovirus)

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I

• Infectious myocarditis * - Coxsackie B1-B5 (Picornavirus: Enterovirus)
• Infectious pericarditis * - Coxsackie B1-B5 (Picornavirus: Enterovirus)
• Influenza - Influenza viruses A, B, and C (Orthomyxovirus)

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J

• Japanese encephalitis virus - JEE virus (Flavivirus)
• Junin Argentinian hemorrhagic fever - Juninvirus (Arenavirus)

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K

• Keratoconjunctivitis * - Adenovirus (Adenovirus), HSV-1 (Herpesvirus)

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L

• LaCrosse encephalitis - LaCross virus (Bunyavirus)
• Lassa hemorrhagic fever - Lassavirus (Arenavirus)
• Legionnaire's pneumonia - Legionella pneumophila (Bacterial - not viral)
• Leprosy (Hansen's disease) - Mycobacterium leprae (Fungal - not viral)
• Leishmaniasis - Leishmania (Parasitical - not viral)
• Lyme disease - Borrelia burgdoferi (Spirochetes, Bacterial - not viral)

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M

• Machupo Bolivian hemorrhagic fever - Machupovirus (Arenavirus)
• Malta fever - Brucella sp. (Bacterial - not viral)
• Marburg hemorrhagic fever - Marburg virus (Filovirus)
• Measles - rubeola virus (Paramyxovirus)
• Melioidosis - Pseudomonas pseudomallei (Bacterial - not viral)
• Meningitis, aseptic * - Coxsackie A and B (Picornavirus: Enterovirus), Echovirus (Picornavirus: Enterovirus), lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (Arenavirus), HSV-2 (Herpesvirus), Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Fungal - not viral)
• Meningitis, bacterial * - Neisseria meningitidis (Bacterial - not viral), Haemophilus influenzae (Bacterial - not viral), Listeria monocytogenes (Bacterial - not viral), Streptoccoccus pneumoniae, Group B streptococcus (Bacterial - not viral)
• Molluscum contagiosum - Molluscum (Poxvirus)
• Mononucleosis - Epstein-Barr virus (Herpesvirus)
• Mononucleosis-like syndrome * - CMV (Herpesvirus)
• Mumps - mumps virus (Paramyxovirus)

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N

• Nocardiosis - Nocardia (Bacterial - not viral)

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O

• Orf - Orfvirus (Poxvirus)
• Otitis externa * - Pseudomonas aeruginosa (Bacterial - not viral)

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P

• Pertussis - Bordetella pertussis (Bacterial - not viral)
• Pharyngoconjunctival fever * - Adenovirus 1-3 and 5 (Adenovirus)
• "Pink eye" conjunctivitis * - Haemophilus aegyptius (Bacterial - not viral)
• Plague - Yersinia pestis (Bacterial - not viral)
• Pleurodynia - Coxsackie B (Picornavirus: Enterovirus)
• Pneumonia, viral * - respiratory syncytial virus (Paramyxovirus), CMV (Herpesvirus)
• Pontiac fever - Legionella pneumophila (Bacterial - not viral)
• Progressive multifocal leukencephalopathy - JC virus (Papovavirus)
• Pseudomembranous colitis - Clostridium dificile (Bacterial - not viral)

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Q

• Q fever - Coxiella burnetti (Rickettsial - not viral)

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R

• Rabies - rabies virus (Rhabdovirus)
• Rocky Mountain spotted fever - Rickettsia rickettsii (Rickettsial - not viral)
• Roseola - HHV-6 (Herpesvirus)
• Rubella - rubivirus (Togavirus)

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S

• Scarlet fever - Streptococcus group A (Bacterial - not viral)
• Shingles (zoster) - varicella zoster virus (Herpesvirus)
• Shipping fever - Pasteurella multocida (Bacterial - not viral)
• Smallpox - variola virus (Poxvirus)
• "Slapped cheek" disease (erythema infectiosum) - Parvovirus B19 (Parvovirus)
• St. Louis encephalitis - SLE virus (Flavivirus)
• Syphilis - Treponema pallidum (Spirochetes)

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T

• Temporal lobe encephalitis * - HSV-1 (Herpesvirus)
• Tetanus - Clostridium tetani (Bacterial - not viral)
• Tuberculosis - Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Bacterial - not viral)
• Tularemia - Francisella tularensis (Bacterial - not viral)
• Typhoid fever - Salmonella typhi (Bacterial - not viral)

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U

• Undulating fever - Brucella sp. (Bacterial - not viral)

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V

• Varicella - varicella zoster virus (Herpesvirus)

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W

• Western equine encephalitis - WEE virus (Togavirus)
• Wool sorters' disease - Bacillus anthracis (Bacterial - not viral)

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XYZ

• Yellow fever - Yellow fever virus (Flavivirus)
• Zoster - varicella zoster virus (Herpesvirus)

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